Subject: Reading Harry Potter |
Bible Note: Hello, Tim. Brother, I have nothing but the deepest respect for you, your ministry in your church, and your contributions to the Forum. That being said, I implore you to take no offense to the following, for surely none is intended. I merely would like your feedback and usual fine analysis of what follows. .... In your post you write, "No one questions that practicing witchcraft is wrong." Suppose we remove the word "witchcraft" and insert "sexual immorality." The sentence would then read, "No one questions that practicing sexual immorality is wrong. ...... Your next statement reads, "The question involves fantasy novels written for entertainment." Now let's take out "fantasy" and put in "pornographic." The sentence reads, "The question involves pornographic novels written for entertainment." ..... Your third sentence reads, "The logical usually goes: Magic is wrong; therefore, reading about magic is wrong." Again, substituting the same key words, the sentence reads, "The logical usually goes: Sexual immorality is wrong; therefore reading pornographic accounts of sexual immorality is wrong." ...... Your conclusion: "But this doesn't follow logically." It seems to me it does, but I may be missing something in my thinking that you can supply. --Hank |